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January 16, 2013
Alex Corbisiero will play for Northampton next season © PA Photos
England front-row Alex Corbisiero has confirmed that he will join the Northampton Saints at the end of the season.
Corbisiero, a member of England's elite player squad, has made 76 appearances for London Irish and will bolster the Saints' front-row options. Northampton are set to lose both Brian Mujati and Soane Tonga'uiha to Racing Metro at the end of the current campaign and Corbisiero is likely to step into the latter's shoes.
Aged just 24, Corbisiero has plenty of years left in the game and he is relishing the chance to line up for Jim Mallinder's side and adding to his 18 England caps. "I've really enjoyed my time at London Irish and am grateful for everything that the club has given me," Corbisiero said. "I'm looking forward to what will be a new challenge at Saints next summer.
"There is a great culture and hopefully I can help the team succeed whilst continuing my progression as a player, and I'm sure that Franklin's Gardens will be a good environment for me in that regard."
The Saints have also announced the re-signing of front-row duo Alex Waller and Tom Mercey. Mallinder is adamant that the three new contracts are a key part of the team's development over the coming seasons.
"All three players have plenty of experience and because they are still in their early-to-mid twenties we believe that there is plenty more to come from them," Mallinder said. "I'm delighted that all three props have put pen to paper to be a part of the Saints squad going forward."
The news of Corbisiero's departure will come as a massive blow to London Irish who are also rumoured to be losing Jonathan Joseph at the end of the season. Their director of rugby Brian Smith said: "We are sad to see Alex go. We made him a very attractive offer to stay earlier this season but unfortunately Alex feels his future is elsewhere.
"He is an academy product who has gone through to the first team and on to the International stage and we are immensely proud of that. We have some crucial games left this season and I know Alex will give his all in those games before departing for Northampton."
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It's been a while with my dodgy plates but I got along to Carrington hoping to see today's morning's training session.I arrived at 11 and there were cones and stuff out so I knew they would be out but no signs of life apart from the academy boys on the far side.Walking round the pitches was non other than skipper Tony Book but it was some time before the p[layers came out.
Pellegrini gathered them all together for the initial briefing but that was delayed as somebody important was missing.Only Vinnie who was brought in from his work inside.Clearly whatever Pellegrini had to say must have been important to wait for the captain and the chat did go on a lot longer than usual.But immediately after Vinnie went back in as did a bunch of others.The only other I could make out was Guidetti.Maybe he and 1 or 2 others will be involved with the u 21's tonight.
So when they started work on jogging and stretching exercises there were just 15 and as best I could tell it was missing Silva,Nasri,Jovetic,Vinnie and Nastasic.Included was Bytyqi and later on joined by Hutton when one of the group went in with a a minor injury.They moved into 2 keep ball circles before breaking into some sort of attack v defence game.
Two attacking groups of 5 against 2 defensive teams of 3 plus a keeper.Starting with a cross for one of the attacking groups to try and score from and then immediately they broke down the other end to attack the other defensive unit and then the situation changed for the other attacking team to get involved.Quite an interesting approach and mostly the defensive units did extremely well and didn't concede.That 3 some nearest me was Demechelis,Kolarov and Micah.
More to come with no doubt some shooting practice but my feet had had enough and I gave up just as Silva came out to do some running.Looking good but I expect too soon for the weekend game.


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"I love playing a fireman!" says Eamonn Walker, who costars as Wallace Boden, the stoic fire battalion chief on Dick Wolf's Chicago Fire. The British actor, best known for his role as spiritual inmate Kareem Said on HBO's Oz, is especially thrilled now that Boden is out from behind his desk and going on calls. "How can you play a firefighter and not fight fires?" he asks with a laugh.
The chief is also finally getting some juicy storylines of his own, particularly his attempt to save a young firebug, which culminates in Wednesday's episode (10/9c, NBC). The plot further cements the chief's nurturing role among his troops. "The story [gives] insight into the chief's empathetic relationship with his 'children' in the firehouse," explains Walker, 50.
Next Wednesday, Boden has little time to dwell on that outcome when EMT Gabriela (Monica Raymund) needs his guidance after being pulled away from her job by her cop brother Antonio (Treme's Jon Seda). Their investigation into an epidemic of lethal heroin on the streets of the Windy City "opens up a whole other layer of Chicago," teases Walker.
Also keeping the chief busy is the rivalry between the injured Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) and Eric Whaley (Shane McRae), the firefighter subbing for him. It seems Severide is very unhappy about a piece of their shared history. "Severide is a hothead, and that heat makes him as good as he is [at his job]," Walker says. "The chief's job is to keep him from burning himself out."
That's something not likely to happen to Walker. "I haven't felt this much excitement and love on a show since Oz, which changed my life," says the actor, whose other credits include ER and Masterpiece Theatre's Othello. "This is a dream come true."
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Perhaps one of my New Year's resolutions should be to blog more....but it's not. But maybe I will attempt to more effort into it as this new year begins.
This morning I had a really great devotional time that got me fired up. As a part of that, I ended up coming up with some New Year's resolutions;
Love God more and more everyday.
My faith is defined by the Great Commandment to love God and love your neighbor. I feel like I often do a pretty good job at loving my neighbor, but less good of job in loving God. Loving God is the first commandment and the greatest and so I need to put more effort into this. I need to focus on spending time with God and thinking about what God's plan for my life is.
Talk about the hard stuff.
I hate conflict and so if conflict arises or something makes me uncomfortable I am very likely to shut down and not say anything. If I want to be a voice for justice, I need to get over this and not be afraid to speak truth to power. But I am also thinking about this goal in the personal sense. I need to be honest with those around me and say what I'm thinking and if a difficult topic comes up, we need to talk about it, not run away.
Stop gossiping. Be more positive.
I am a venter. If someone makes me angry I need to talk about how I feel with someone else, complain a bit, and then I am usually over it. I've realized that sometimes I take my venting too far and complain to too many people. I need to work on this and allow myself to vent if needed (I can't bottle up my feelings) and then need to be done and move on. I also need to identify one or two close people to vent to and that's it.
Stop wishing and start doing.
I feel like I'm pretty good at this in the macro sense of my life, but less good in the details. For example, I always think about how I want to sit around and sing and wish someone would lead it. I spend a lot of time thinking about this and being sad that it doesn't happen. I need to get off my butt and do it myself. I want to start instituting some little things in my life that I keep wishing for.
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Perhaps one of my New Year's resolutions should be to blog more....but it's not. But maybe I will attempt to more effort into it as this new year begins.
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Most of the people that I know who are really making an impact for companies in the social media space see themselves as marketers, vs. singling themselves out as specific to social media. Obviously the demand for social media specific expertise is high, so one must self-identify with that area of focus.
But when it comes down to providing social media consulting, it's part of an overall online marketing strategy that involves social media, SEO, email, display, PPC etc as appropriate to reach business goals, not just "social media". Granted, there are changes in social consumer behavior and technology that must be accounted for, but an adaptive online marketing strategy accounts for those changes anyway. Focusing solely on social media or as an independent activity is a disadvantage.


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There's more to planning a trip round the world than sticking pins in a map and connecting the dots. Some very practical considerations should shape your trip as well. The logistical side of long-term travel may seem like a chore that keeps you rooted at home when you'd rather already be roaming, but if you sort out these details first, you'll enjoy your travel a lot more.
Check that your passport will be valid for at least six months after your expected return date - most countries won't admit you without at least this buffer. Also look into whether one country in your itinerary bars entry to travellers with stamps from other countries - as some Arab countries do for travellers with Israeli stamps, for instance. If your country allows it, consider applying for a second passport, for greater flexibility.
Investigate what visas you need, and what you need to get them. This is perhaps the trickiest aspect of trip planning: many visas are good for only a few months after they're issued (that is, you must enter the country within a certain period), and some visas can only be acquired in your home country. Also make sure you have enough blank pages in your passport.
Look into vaccinations early in your planning. In some cases it can take weeks after the jab, or even months, before you're considered immune. Others, such as the vaccine for hepatitis A, require a follow-up booster shot some months after the first - decide whether you'll get these at home or on the road. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa require a yellow fever vaccination.
In addition to vaccines, get a regular medical checkup. If you have periodic tests done for anything, make sure they're sorted before you go. Or if you'll need them on the road, be sure to schedule time in a country with good medical facilities. In fact, you may even work health care into your itinerary - for example, getting your teeth cleaned in Bangkok costs only $20 at a state-of-the-art dentist's.
Once you have a rough idea of your travel dates and preferred stops, check prices for worldwide travel insurance. Coverage that includes no-questions-asked medical evacuation is essential for developing countries. Then read the fine print on possible policies. Are you covered for all the countries you want to visit? (Some policies deny coverage in war zones, which can be too broadly defined.) Will the policy cover the activities you want to do? World Nomads, our recommended insurance provider, offer coverage that ticks all the boxes for a big trip.
Will your gourmet tour put you in Paris in August - when many restaurants close? Will you be taking the ferry from Vladivostok to Japan in January, when the seas are roughest? Will your Egyptian desert safari coincide with Ramadan? Check out the best seasons for weather and for tourists (or lack thereof), and also check for the dates of any local or national holidays. If you're aiming at a destination specifically for an event, book your hotel well ahead of time, and buy any tickets you need.
If realistic, aim to pace your trip from cold climates to hot, so you can discard heavier clothing as you go.
Leave the cheaper destinations for last, in case you're strapped for cash. Or, conversely, schedule places where you might find temporary work for midway through your trip, to replenish funds.
Plan activities that require special gear early in your trip, so you can send the clunky hiking boots home when you're done. Or add these to the end of your itinerary, and be sure you have an idea where you'll pick the necessary items up from when you arrive.
Want to pick up a carpet in Turkey? Buy saris in India? Order a bespoke suit in Hong Kong? Have a loose plan for mailing goodies back home. And work these possible splurges - and the money for postage - into your budget.
Poste restante
This under-utilized service, with which you can receive mail directly at a city's main post office, can solve all sorts of long-term travel dilemmas, especially if you can't work out the seasonal kinks in your itinerary. You can mail warm clothes, extra medication or even new books to yourself in countries where you might need them. It's also fun to let friends and family know where they might send letters. Some places have very reliable poste restante; others, not so much. Some places will hold mail for months; others, only for a couple of weeks.
While it's tempting to hit as many spots as possible, make sure to pace yourself and vary your itinerary. Long weeks of hard bus seats and dodgy restaurant meals can take their toll. If you're headed somewhere with health risks, schedule in a "safe" place not long after, so you can recuperate in comfort if need be. Treat yourself to a beach break after a long string of cultural capitals.
Other pre-trip tips:
- Connections - Work all your social network connections to find friends wherever you're headed. Don't be shy - almost anyone is happy to show a visitor around town for a couple of hours. And if you really can't find any friends of friends, try websites like Couchsurfing or HospitalityClub to find locals who can show you around.
- Gifts - Stock up on small souvenirs from your home country or city, such as keychains or postcards. These make great gifts to hosts and curious children you'll meet along the way.
- Photos - As conversation-starters, have your favorite photos with you - your friends and family, your pet, your apartment. They're fine on your phone, or go old-school and carry a small album.
- Language - Brush up on whatever foreign language skills you have, and set about acquiring new ones early. It's a great way to get even more excited about your trip!


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Maybe I just don't like Java. Maybe because I don't like OOP. Maybe I just don't get it. I don't know.
When I took my intro to CSC course, I rather enjoyed it. I won't say I loved it, but I did rather well with Python. I just finished a Data Structures course in Java that killed me. I didn't really understand much that we did, and I know barely more Java than when I started.
When I head back to school in a few months, I'm going to be taking a class using C. The thing is, I was a terrible Java programmer. Do you think I should switch classes now, could I do as well with C as I did Python?
The big question I guess I'm getting at - what careers could I so in the tech field without extensive programming ability? If I don't do something in the field, I have no what else to do with my future.


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REINHARD. RILEY. CORNER. CAGE: Ear Gardens
From the festival of microtonal music, four pieces: a commissioned version of Terry Riley's 'In C' in just intonation for just-fretted guitars, harpsichord, viola, pulse guitar and kanon (a kind of monochord I think; sleeve notes are unclear); two microtonal melodies for theremin and trombone, very successful, by Fluxartist Philip Corner; Cage's Ten for ten musicians, and Johnny Reinhard's mighty 'Cosmic Rays' for string quartet shifting through various harmonic systems and employing serial techniques, aleatorics and comic books as organising structures.L
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Maine lawmakers OK prison mental health unit bill
Hospital in danger of losing federal funding
Maine is poised to create a mental health unit at Maine State Prison to help bail out a troubled psychiatric center.
The Democratic-controlled House overwhelmingly approved a measure authorizing the unit on Thursday, followed by the Senate.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage had urged lawmakers to approve the bill to help the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta, which is in danger of losing more than $20 million in federal funding next week because it fails to meet several certification standards.
LePage says the unit will allow the psychiatric center, which houses many patients who come via court order or jail, to provide a safer environment for staff and better care to other patients.
Opponents say sending patients to a prison setting is treating mental illness as if it were a crime.


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Collection/Drop Box Unit - 4C Pedestal Mount 13-High (Pedestal Included) - 4C13S-HOP-P
4C Series High Security Pedestal Mailboxes come standard with superior strength, corrosion resistance, and exceptional durability. They are perfect for use at apartment complexes, housing developments, and office buildings. 4C Pedestal Mailboxes are designed to ensure every module is at a standard accessible height, and they come prepared with a master lock to provide easy access to all compartments at once for easy mail delivery. They are constructed of heavy gauge aluminum and come in a variety of stylish powder coated colors, making them the perfect choice for your outdoor mailbox installation needs.
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Jamie O's Bloomin' Brilliant Brownies
Chocolate brownies. You either make them, or you break them. I have seen countless recipes on the Internet, and I have tasted as many different interpretations of them as well. The thing about chocolate brownies is that they're very much like coffee – everyone has their preferences. Some like them with nuts, others like them plain; some barely display a hint of chocolate in them, others are loaded with so much chocolate I swear my nose would bleed on the spot; these are the worst ones – floury, dry, and just plain awful.
And then there are Jamie Oliver's Bloomin' Brilliant Brownies, which I swear are BLOOMIN' BRILLIANT indeed! Very much THE BOMB.
Now these brownies are loaded with everything unhealthy. For a recipe that makes approximately 20 brownies (little ones at that), it has a record-breaking 250g of butter, 300g of sugar, 200g of chocolate and 4 eggs. That makes for a LOT of fat per brownie, virtually artery-clogging stuff. But oh golly these are truly the best brownies I have ever tasted! They are moist, fudgey, the perfect degree of chocolateyness (if there is ever such a word), yet firm without being at all too crumbly.
I did have to bake it an extra 10 minutes as the mixture had barely set, but I have a feeling that my oven was to blame for that. I also realised that the brownie does firm up when cooled, so even if your test skewer came out unclean, that's no harm done (in fact you'd probably get an even moister, fudgier end-result). Mine was very slightly on the dry side, perhaps a little too long in the oven, but I suspect the amount of fat in the mixture made up for it and yielded the most tender crumb.
I also sprinkled a little magic over the brownies before baking them – a mixture of light brown sugar, cocoa powder, and yes, fleur de sel.
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Mate those brownies look awesome. Absolutely delicious.


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The Crustacea are a subphylum of arthropods with 50,000 described species. They are part of the phylum Arthropoda. Crustaceans include crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. They are relatives of insects. If the Arthropods are regarded as a superphylum, then the insects and crustaces would be phyla. (see List of animal phyla). The group has an extensive fossil record, reaching back to the Cambrian.
Most crustaceans are aquatic, mostly marine. Some have moved onto land permanently. Crustaceans that live on land include some crabs, and woodlice. Crustacea range in size from a parasite 0.1mm long, to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span of up to 14ft (4.3 m) and a mass of 44lb (20kg). The North Atlantic lobster can weigh more than 40 pounds.
Most crustaceans are mobile, but some become sessile after their larval stage. Barnacles become attached to rocks on thesea shore. Some are parasitic, like fish lice, and tongue worms. Crustacea usually have separate sexes, and the eggs hatch into larvae.
Crustaceans have three major body parts. They are, front to back: head, thorax, and abdomen. Generally, they have two pairs of antennae, two eyes, and three pairs of jaws on their head. Most breathe with gills, although certain land crabs have developed lungs. Lobsters and crabs have hard outer skeletons, and tend to preserve well as fossils. As adults, they moult their shells as they grow in size.
Most crustaceans crawl along the bottoms of streams, rivers, and the ocean, sometimes coming on land. Because they move along the ground under the water, they are called benthic creatures. Even though lobsters and shrimps can swim a bit, they usually walk along the bottom of the body of water in which they live.
More than 10 million tons of crustaceans are produced by fishery or farming for human consumption, the majority of it being shrimps and prawns. Krill and copepods are not as widely fished, but may be the animals with the greatest biomass on the planet, and form a vital part of the food chain.[1][2]
Crustaceans exhibit a number of larval forms, of which the earliest and most characteristic is the nauplius. In most groups, there are further larval stages, including the zoea (pl. zoeæ or zoeas). This name was given to it when naturalists believed it to be a separate species.[3] It follows the nauplius stage, and often has spikes on its carapace. These may assist these small organisms in maintaining directional swimming.[4] In many decapods, due to their accelerated development, the zoea is the first larval stage. In some cases, the zoea stage is followed by the mysis stage, and in others, by the megalopa stage, depending on the crustacean group involved.[5]
- ↑ "Crustacean (arthropod)". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/144848/crustacean/33799/Natural-history#.
- ↑ Aiken D.E; V. Tunnicliffe, C.T. Shih & L.D. Delorme. "Crustacean". The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002059.
- ↑ Calman, William Thomas (1911). "Crab". Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Crab.
- ↑ Weldon W.F.R. (1889). "Note on the function of the spines of the Crustacean zoœa". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1 (2): 169–172. . http://sabella.mba.ac.uk/16/01/Note_on_the_Function_of_the_Spines_of_the_Crustacean_Zooea.pdf.
- ↑ Robert Gurney (1942) (PDF). Larvae of decapod crustacea. London: Ray Society. pp. 1–306. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/12852/12852.pdf.


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We Try Some of Pain D'Avignon's Breads of the Month
Talk about good bread in Boston and only a few names come to mind. Iggy's. Sel de la Terre. Pain D'Avignon. The latter recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and has launched a brand new "bread of the month" club, a mail-order service that delivers fresh bread via 2-day delivery direct to your door.
The Cape-based bakery focuses on European-style crusty, flavorful, open-holed loaves in a variety of flavors. (Take a look at our behind the scenes tour of the bakery here). Each delivery features a few seasonally-themed loaves.
We recently received a sample of five of their breads to taste. After two days' travel, they were a bit on the stale side, but ten minutes in the 350-degree oven freshened them right up. Check out the slideshow for our thoughts.
To subscribe to Pain D'Avignon's Bread of the Month Club, call 508-778-8588. Subscriptions are $150 and up.
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Ok will try to explain this as best i can
Using the following PcHelpWare_rel10
When creating the server i only ever get the GUI in this picture.
Now further down the page on http://sc.uvnc.com/docs/pchelpware.html
it says that you can customize the gui so it looks like this
To make that custom gui its all built using helpdesk.txt but no matter what i put into helpdesk.txt and then run create.bat
it still makes the server gui in the first image above (the one with blue background)
i have tried putting this helpdesk.txt and background.bmp in every location possible even when creating the server using the PcHelpWare_viewer.exe
and windows saying helpdesk.txt 302kb already exists would you like to replace with 14kb) i hit no, hoping it will compile my helpdesk.txt but nope still blue gui.
it seems nothing i change or edit anywhere will give me the option of making this GUI
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About a year ago I performed a VSTS/TFS assignment for Adam Software, a global software vendor of marketing platform technologies that provide the ability to manage, structure and deliver media between people, processes and systems. This assignment was really fun to do and the customer was really pleased with the result. A few weeks ago, a Microsoft case study was published to put Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server in the spotlight.
In case you still wonder : setting up a robust and reliable enterprise software development environment with Team Foundation Server may be a big investment, but it always pays off. Not only financially! Your development team will also be working with the best tools and processes to do their job. In the long run you might even attract or repel developers just because of the type of development environment you provide as an organisation! For those who worked already in a TFS environment with Version Control, Work Item Tracking and Automated Builds … would you want to go back in time and work with Visual SourceSafe to deliver quality software enterprise applications?
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Rocketplane Limited Inc. has entered into an agreement with a Japanese research group to take experiment specimens into space.
Oklahoma City-based Rocketplane is working on a vehicle that it hopes to use eventually for commercial suborbital spaceflight.
Officials with Rocketplane and Hokkaido Aerospace Science and Technology Incubation Center have signed an agreement that allows Rocketplane to conduct research flights and launch satellites into space after test flights are successfully completed on Rocketplane's XP spaceplane.
The agreement, signed Monday, will allow the Japanese space research company to send specimens into space and see how they react to little or no gravity.
"This will allow them to see how different cellular and molecular specimens react in space," said Charles Lauer, vice president of business development for Rocketplane.
Rocketplane's spaceplane has a LearJet fuselage and will have four seats. It is to take off and land at Oklahoma's spaceport at the old site of the Clinton Sherman Air Force Base in Burns Flat.
The agreement also will allow the Japanese group to buy space for cargo to be launched into space in the future.
The Hokkaido Aerospace and Technology Incubation Center is developing recoverable satellites that mice will live in. The effects of space on the animals will be studied and help in producing medicine for future space travel.
A 1999 Senate bill created the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority, which has received state and federal funding to develop space travel from the former Air Force base site.
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White Roses Vincent van Gogh 12" Silent Wall Clock
This is a beautiful wall clock depicting the painting Roses by Vincent van Gogh. The clock face is 12" in diameter. It features a silent, battery-powered movement that's made in the USA. This would make a great gift or personal item for the van Gogh aficionado or anyone who loves classic artwork.
About Our Wall Clocks
Attractive and functional, our wall clocks feature beautiful photo-quality artwork and reliable USA-made clock motors. The 1/4" thick wood base is a premium Certified Green Product that is durable and environmentally friendly. The classic look and quiet operation of our clocks make them perfect for just about any room in your home or office. We are sure you will be proud to give them as gifts or treasure them yourself for years to come.
All of our decorative wall clocks come with these features:
- Durable, environmentally-friendly wood base
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- A virtually silent, USA-made quartz movement—perfect for a quiet room in your home or office
- Beautiful photo-quality artwork—crisp and vibrant
- Easy to hang on just about any wall surface
- AA battery included
- Made in USA
Our Classic Artwork Designs
Most "fine art" clocks are made by either cropping a circle in the center of the artwork discarding much of the original image, or shrinking the image down and adding plain borders to fill the extra space. We chose to do something different. Our graphic artists start with a high-resolution copy of the original image, and use state-of-the-art software to digitally "mold" the rectangular artwork on the face of a circular clock. Each image is meticulously edited by hand, and care is taken to preserve the integrity of the original artwork while minimizing the distortion inherent in this type of image manipulation. While this method is costly and time-consuming, we think you will agree that our clocks are more attractive and capture the look of the original artwork better than other similar offerings.


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The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities should quickly consider a ban on the use of anabolic steroids for horses in training, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, said April 28.
Engelbrecht-Bresges, also a vice chairman and member of the executive council of the IFHA, said the recent British scandal involving the administration of steroids to horses in training by Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni threatens the integrity and reputation of racing and must be addressed.
Regulations governing race-related medication currently differ significantly among jurisdictions around the world. Al Zarooni admitted administering steroids to horses in his charge but said he did not realize that was a violation of British regulations. Last week, the trainer had his license suspended for eight years.
"It is a real concern," Engelbrecht-Bresges said April 28 after Audemars Piguet QE II Cup (HK-I) at Sha Tin, where steroids are banned for training and racing. "The recent doping case has significantly hurt the image of racing…this is a fundamental issue that will hurt the integrity and branding of the sport."
He said he believes clear rules should be established governing the use of anabolic steroids, permitting them only for horses that are laid up while recovering from injury and under the care of a veterinarian.
If rules can be drawn up and implemented, he said, jurisdictions that do not comply should face sanctions. But, he said, the first task for the IFHA is to "have a real good discussion" about steroids.
Engelbrecht-Bresges said his comments were in reference specifically to steroid use and not necessarily other medications, such as the anti-bleeding medication commonly known as Lasix, which is used widely in the United States. Conflicting evidence exists about the use of Lasix, he said, but that is not the case with steroids.
He said he hopes the issue can be addressed soon by the federation, perhaps in a special meeting by teleconference.


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Sunday 9th of july Hi 86 community my name is Mark iam a newbie to this forum i thought this would be a great place to start to offer my trueno to a passionate 86 collector.# Its time to SELL my AE 86 Trueno notch back Zenki import mint condition rated 3.5 all round in japan my importer found this reserved for importers all original condition 106 k original
ive just put staino headers and exhaust and better air flow still have stock airflow in storage i have rust proofed the car with lanotec thier was a tiny bit of surface rust in tyre well rubbed back and painted with rust preventative paint and rust proofed with fish oil prep heat baked before paint .
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Warriors' Jordan Bell Grabs Hennessy From Fan During Championship Parade
By Bill Gallucico
June 12, 2018
The Golden State Warriors had a great time celebrating with another championship parade after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals for the third time in the last four years. The party was on as thousands of fans lined the parade route. Rookie Jordan Bell was having such a great time celebrating that he drank all of his Hennessy.
Bell looked around, unsure what to do about his empty bottle. As he was scanning the crowd he noticed a fan who had brought their own bottle of Hennessy. Bell didn't hesitate and jumped off the bus to look for the fan. When they met, Bell grabbed the bottle and took a few big swigs before handing it back.
Bell wasn't done drinking. A few minutes later he was doing an interview with local reporter Kerith Burke when he abruptly walked away and went back to the fan to grab another drink.
Bell averaged 4.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and one block per game during his first NBA season playing just over 14 minutes off the bench.
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Judge orders Rowan commissioners to stop praying as lawsuit proceeds
GREENSBORO — A federal judge has ordered Rowan County commissioners to stop sectarian prayers before meetings while a lawsuit over the practice makes its way through the courts.
In an order filed today, Judge James A. Beatty Jr. granted a motion submitted on behalf of three complainants who said their rights were violated by prayers, most of which are in Jesus' name.
"Defendant Rowan County, North Carolina is hereby enjoined from knowingly and/or intentionally delivering or allowing to be delivered sectarian prayers at meetings of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners during the pendency of this suit," says a docket entry for U.S. Middle District Court.
Nancy Lund, Liesa Montag-Siegel and Robert Voelker brought the suit in March, supported by the American Civil Liberties Union in North Carolina.
In his ruling Beatty also denied Rowan County's motions to dismiss the case and to stay the proceedings while similar cases are heard in higher courts.
In a phone interview minutes after Beaty submitted his decision Tuesday, Montag-Siegel described her reaction as "delighted."
"We feel that the judge recognized that the law applies to everyone and that what we're asking for — which is for people to feel equal and for people to not feel left out when they come to meeting — has has been listened to," she said.
Montag-Seigel said she doesn't know what kind of bearing the decision will have on the case, but added, "It's very encouraging."
Chris Brook, Legal Director for the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, said decisions in the Fourth Circuit on opening meetings with prayer have been "very clear."
"We're very pleased that the court reaffirmed one of the most basic principles of religious liberty," Brook said, "that members of the community should be treated and welcomed equally by their government regardless of their personal religious beliefs."
The language of Beaty's decision, Brook said, is "also very clear that elected officials are not going to be permitted to allow others to open their meetings with sectarian prayer" during the litigation.
"We're hopeful that ultimately the court will permanently enjoin Rowan County from opening their governmental meeting with prayers that favor one set of religious beliefs over another," he said.
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Not on display
- Artist
- Martin Kippenberger 1953–1997
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 355 × 216 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 2005
- Reference
This poster was produced in 1979 to promote 'Luxus', the first single of German artist Martin Kippenberger's punk band Grugas. The 'guy' depicted is fellow band member Akim Schaechtele.
Though prolific as a painter, sculptor, musician and writer, the 178 posters created by Kippenberger throughout his career form a significant body of work. Normally created as screen prints or lithographs in standard advertisement sizes, they were used to promote a wide variety of events from art exhibitions to upcoming parties. From 1986 Kippenberger began to group his posters into folios, though these were united more by date than by similarity of style or function. This work stems from early in Kippenberger's career, predating the first folio.
Kippenberger's posters belong to the mass of apparently supplementary material produced by the artist throughout his career that parallels his work in painting, sculpture, installation and performance. However, like his books, pamphlets and literary and musical projects, the posters share with his more conventional artworks the desire to undermine the accepted structures of the art world by defying attempts to understand his artistic output as a whole, by blatantly embracing collaboration, and by actively involving himself in the promotion and reception of his work. As the artist Jutta Koether wrote on the occasion of the 2006 Kippenberger exhibition at Tate Modern:
Martin's posters best represent him and sum up the range of his ability: the humour, the social critique, the clever combination of provocative images and allusions. They were critical and politicised, perfectly expressing his ideas and his personality.
(Jutta Koether in Tate Etc., no.6, Spring 2006, p.36.)
Abandoning his studies in Hamburg, Kippenberger arrived in West Berlin in 1978 where together with the gallerist Gisela Capitain he founded Büro, a collaborative space similar in spirit to Andy Warhol's 'Factory' in New York. During this period Kippenberger also became manager of S.O.36, a film and performance venue in West Berlin's Kreuzberg district. There Kippenberger took on various roles – artist, performer, writer, compare – while regularly performing with Grugas. Though Kippenberger's activities at this time were many and varied, they were already characterised by a sense of experimentation and provocation, qualities that would come to be emblematic of his entire artistic career.
Further reading
Bice Curiger and Guido Magnaguagno, Martin Kippenberger: Die Gesamten Plakate 1977–1997, Cologne 1998, p.27.
Doris Krystof and Jessica Morgan (eds.), Martin Kippenberger, exhibition catalogue, Tate Modern, London 2006.
Ann Goldstein (ed.), Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2008.
Lucy Watling
March 2012
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The Missouri congressman said Monday that he understood that it was possible for pregnancies to result from an instance of rape.
But the six-term congressman, who bested two other candidates in a GOP Senate primary earlier this month, resisted dropping his campaign to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
"I feel just as strongly as ever that my background and ability will be a big asset in replacing Claire McCaskill and putting some sanity back in what's going on in our government," Akin said, explaining that no national Republican figure had specifically called to demand his resignation. "The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I'm not a quitter. And my belief is we're going to take this thing forward, and by the grace of God, to win this race."
In a statement and a Tweet, conservative congressman Todd Akin says he "misspoke" during a local TV interview in which he made comments about "legitimate rape" and abortion. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
However, two Senate Republicans have already said Akin should abandon his Senate bid. Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown and Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson both called for Akin to resign his Senate nomination. (If he were to do so by Tuesday, Republicans would have a clearer path toward nominating a new candidate.)
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who heads the GOP's Senate campaign efforts, called Akin's statements "wrong, offensive, and indefensible." He called on Akin to "carefully consider what is best for him, his family, the Republican Party, and the values that he cares about and has fought for throughout his career in public service."
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President Barack Obama, during an appearance Monday afternoon in the White House briefing room, also condemned Akin's remarks.
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GENEVA, Switzerland -- (Marketwire) -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world's top MEMS manufacturer, and the leading supplier of MEMS sensors for consumer and portable applications, has introduced a new pressure sensor that allows mobile phones and other portable devices to calculate their vertical elevation relative to sea-level with very high accuracy. This means that the mobile device will know not only on which floor of a building it is located, but almost on which step of the staircase.
Accurate location of mobile devices will be the key enabler for many emerging Location-Based Services (LBS), which are widely expected to be the next wave of "killer applications" in the mobile world. The challenge is to provide the means of identifying the location of the mobile device in three dimensions in a way that meets a variety of conflicting constraints including spatial resolution, reliability, physical size, robustness, and cost.
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A deathly internecine warfare imploded in a land where a common first name is Love (Prem and Maya), or a variation such as Flower Love (Phulmaya) and Heart Love (Dilmaya), and upwards of 15,000 people were killed as Nepal turned on itself for a decade. The term Maoist elicits a visceral, negative reaction in most people and the rebels became an easy target for the media and commentators. Nepal's insurgents neither intended this nor to convey an image of platoons of Che Guevera lookalikes, flowing hair under red-star berets led by legions of Mao Zedong facsimiles in collarless, dull jackets.
They are radically typical Nepali hills people, as pleasant as anyone across rural Nepal, a country legendary for hospitality. They waged a ten-year revolution (1996-2006) foremost against apartheid (despite names of factions and supplementary rhetoric); in other words, stratification along ethnic lines, and endemic corruption.
The rebels chose an inflammatory title that brought international powerhouses of the UK, USA, China and India against them in support of a reviled king and the autocratic rulers who for centuries have impoverished Nepal financially and morally.
Unfavorable reports about the Maoists came in from around the globe. Did they deserve it? The reality that I personally experienced is different than what I read. My story was gathered from visits to actual combat grounds and complemented by former rebel commanders (one a member of parliament, another became Nepal's female Youth and Sports Minister), guerrillas, spies, weapons makers, medical staff and police and army personnel.
Of course, to spend time with any group is to be exposed to their views and risk being influenced by biases. Such are the odds in my case. I have attempted to view the facts as impartially as possible (that said, not one of the Maoists engaged me in political discourse. They never broached the subject; only a few Nepali acquaintances in Kathmandu and nearly all foreigners, no matter how briefly they have been in Nepal, take up the subject). This is a lightning rod subject that has a tendency to be manipulated by sound bite redux. As eminent mathematician John von Nuemann aptly stated, "truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations" and such might be the case with this war, its precursors and aftermath.
The subterfuge of Nepal's political backdrop is well camouflaged. Caste supremacists often mislead the uninformed, including aid workers from abroad and some of them tend to make Nepal an amusement park while only scratching the surface of its culture, if that. Because of ignorance of the ground reality, the top-heavy foreign 'aid' paradigm often engenders more problems than it solves and tends to have the opposite effect on development while reinforcing corruption and the sense of entitlement by caste chauvinists in disguise.
Supremacist rulers are behind the enduring underdevelopment and poverty of Nepal; they have control of all sectors and also profit from unwitting aid agencies patronizing them while they siphon off funds to support a lifestyle denied to the general people. Foreign aid specialists might be appalled if the veil was lifted to reveal that they are being hoodwinked by the extreme right wing of the polity.
Caste elitists outwardly argue that education sets them apart and elevates their customs, culture and preferences. The lower social strata just need education, and the lack thereof is holding them back from rising to higher levels. This misdirection underpins a sense of superiority that pervades the upper echelon, many of whom truly believe they were born with better genetic material (yet these lackluster, self-anointed chosen ones have nothing to show for centuries of mis-governance and much of which to be ashamed).
The educational system is appallingly biased in favor of upper caste Aryans, namely Brahmin and Chhetri. The makers of the textbooks and teaching materials, exams, educational structure and methodology as well as the teachers and school administrators themselves are dominated by the privileged ruling class. They tend to score higher (with abundant cheating) in Nepal's shoddy education paradigm, a relatively innocuous fact; if it weren't that these test results are the basis for favoritism in filling the bureaucratic, academic, military, and business ranks as well as administrative positions with NGOs and INGOs. Flouting misleading school performance, the ruling elite justifies casteism.
Foreign officials are especially gullible to the specious education argument and unsuspectingly jump into bed with supremacists who espouse it. Having infiltrated the highest positions in society, their privileged rank is used to an advantage while plaintively pitching justifications to unknowing expatriates. They define the prevailing circumstances to their favor and are copiously rewarded.
Aid workers at the helm of large funds often understand strikingly little about Nepal and most of their exposure is with the higher social strata and its limited perspectives and vested interests and thereby, the foreigners are vulnerable to partisan influence. They inadvertently patronize the extreme right wing. The two groups form unholy social alliances, frequenting the same bars, spas, restaurants, hotels and haute culture events, not to mention the official day to day interactions and endless meetings where behind closed doors these well-paid comrades discuss Nepal's situation from a biased viewpoint and decide in what direction to release funds. Unsurprisingly, money gets siphoned off to preferentially selected groups, usually with family connections with advisors getting kickbacks.
As for the media, it is centered around power and Nepal's Maoists had little clout or support, especially with foreign journalists, while, in-country, English language media-houses are owned and operated by families of high rank, arch-adversaries of the plebs. They have the printed and social power to influence the aid and diplomatic clique into believing what they were already inclined to believe, that a group by the name Maoist deserves to be crushed without mercy.
The International Criminal Court defines the crime of apartheid as "systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime." Foremost, the Maoists led a rebellion against deep-rooted apartheid (despite names of factions and supplementary rhetoric and aspirations); in other words, cleavage, segregation and discrimination based on ethnic lines and the corruption that permeated the ruling ranks.
If supremacist leaders, had not squandered centuries of misrule with unrelenting incompetence, exploitation and subjugation (continuing to a large degree today in the bureaucratic ranks) that did much for themselves but shamefully devastated Nepal, then there would have been no possibility to recruit congenial, resilient and passive people in the mid-hills and convince them that they were wronged. It took little convincing.
The slow simmering eruption was exacerbated during the panchayat era from the middle of last century when rulers reigned unhindered and their ad-hoc whims were tantamount to law. In the early 1990's, there was hope for change at the advent of democracy. Ominously, the traditional rulers became more embedded and self-serving. At the time, Maoists politicians were blocked from government on trivialities and consequently boycotted polls. Operation Romeo (as in Montague of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) was initiated "to win the hearts and minds of the people"; the suitor chosen to do the courting, the Armed Police Force. Disobedience was quelled by thrashing dissenters into submission. The rebellion was thus sparked as a long compliant people finally fought back against the state and an autocratic ruling class.
Class Enemies
"Shit rolls downhill" goes the saying, and Nepal's king and rulers had a toilet throne atop the world's highest peak. Turds had nothing to do but trundle downhill creating an avalanche of excrement that bowled over the common people who eventually had enough and rose in fury.
The so-called 'class enemy' was the monarch and pampered elites with plenipotentiary powers. They ruled by hierarchical patronage; in other words, sucking up. How far up someone was on the social ladder was determined not by talent or merit, but birth and family relations. They are by and large Brahmin and Chhetri who make up over a third of Nepal's population. Although, it must be kept in mind that many Brahmin and Chhetri were appalled at the uppity attitude of their leaders and the unjust situation that pervaded the state. Many were among those who felt persecuted and joined the rebellion against the corrupt patronage that has held Nepal back for ages.
For their part, Maoists mistakenly perceived the rest of the world as no better than their local 'class enemies' and grouped all together. Perhaps the error can be understood in context by looking at Nepal's closest neighbor with similarities in culture, geography, religion and ideology. India is the so-called "largest democracy in the world" but with millennia-old social stratification and a disenfranchised 'untouchable' caste.
To their fault, Maoists did not realize that unjust social hierarchy in the Subcontinent backed by the state apparatus is a modern-day anomaly. At the time, the information age was still a distant reality in Nepal. China, although beyond the mighty Himalaya was the nearest available prototype of a caste-free society, democracy or otherwise, and taken as a role model for an egalitarian republic (overlooking brutal subjugation of Tibetans and their culture).


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Dr. Ostrer is a long-time investigator of the genetics of the Jewish people. For over 30 years, he has studied the genetic basis of single-gene disorders in Jewish populations and implemented new genetic tests and screening programs to benefit Jewish people. In 2007, he organized the Jewish HapMap Project, an international effort to map and sequence the genomes of Jewish people. In a series of publications about Abraham's Children in the Genome Era, Dr. Ostrer and his team of investigators demonstrated that the history of the Jewish Diasporas could be seen in the genomes of contemporary Jewish people—an observation that gained worldwide recognition. He is also an investigator of the genetics of Hispanic and Latino people, including Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Ecuadorians and Mexicans who currently reside in New York City.
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'LA Ink' Canceled! Is Karma Coming Back To Bite Kat Von D For Her Bratty Behavior?
Luck seems to have run out for celebrity tattoo artist, Kat Von D, whose show, LA Ink has gotten the boot from TLC! Could this be payback for refusing to play nice to the press?
It's no secret the 29-year-old reality TV star, Kat Von D, is notorious for her bad girl behavior when it comes to dealing with the press. From walking out on interviews to canceling important appearances, she hasn't made a great reputation for herself with the public, particularly after her relationship with Sandra Bullock's cheating ex-husband Jesse James. Now, with the cancelation of her reality show, it looks like karma has come to collect.
TLC spoke with Us Weekly and confirmed the cancelation of LA Ink, which followed Kat's tattooing career including the day-to-day operations of her West Hollywood shop, High Voltage Tattoo.
"[The] current season of LA Ink will be its last," TLC said. "The network is proud of what the series has accomplished in its four seasons, following Kat Von D's journey as an artist from Miami to Los Angeles."
The past year hasn't been easy for Kat, who has dealt with one loss after another. From her cat dying to her house burning down to a painful breakup with Sandra Bullock's ex-husband, Jesse James, it looks like Kat is about to get a lot more humble when it comes to living in the spotlight.
"As much as I'd like to picture [myself] being this strong, independent woman, the truth is most of the time I'm not as strong as I'd like to be," she wrote on her Facebook page. "But I'm still trying."
Maybe she could pick up a few tips from fellow reality star Kate Gosselin whose show, Kate Plus Eight also got a pink slip from TLC.
Are you stoked or stunned that Kat's show was cancelled? Do you think she deserves everything unfortunate that's come her way? Sound off in the comments!


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Amazon X-ray—the Kindle Fire feature that knows everything piece of information about a movie you're watching while you watch it—is expanding to TV shows.
The service is pretty awesome and it keeps you from wondering who that actor is on the screen or what you've seen him in before. X-Ray slurps intel from Amazon-owned IMDB, so every time you pause, you get basic detail on every actor on screen in that scene. Then you can go further and explore specific people, from reading their bio, to learning about their career, and finding everything else you'd ordinarily pause the TV show to look up on IMDB anyway. For now, X-Ray is only available for the following shows on Amazon Instant Video:
- Justified
- Downton Abbey
- The West Wing
- Sons of Anarchy
- Falling Skies
- American Horror Story
- Grey's Anatomy
- Doctor Who
- The Walking Dead
- Lost
- Glee
- Breaking Bad
- Game of Thrones
Presumably X-Ray will be added to other shows soon enough. And if this is the future, we quite like it. [Amazon]


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His hair is perfect throughout, he doesn't say much but there's a lot of pouting, and he gets to pretend he's friends with Nicole Richie and Brody Jenner…
It's Zac Efron's Pool Party on Funny or Die.
You smell like a waffle.
It's not the strongest video ever, although I am fascinated by Zac's "twang" that seems to come and go. Also, I can't picture him having sex with Vanessa Hudgens. And now I sound like my mother but 19 year old kids owning big houses with pools totally trips me out.
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Lip is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. Is currently working on his big debut in New York. Can't lie. I will watch. I need to how he does. Because I am exactly the person Zac Efron must win over. Who can resist a challenge?
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Four arrested after Dearborn Co. traffic stop
Seat belt violation leads to arrests
Four Ohio men were arrested after a traffic stop in southeast Indiana early Sunday.
Trooper Kyle Stovall was patrolling U.S. 50 eastbound in Lawrenceburg at about 1 a.m. when he noticed the driver of a 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was not wearing his seat belt.
Stovall stopped the vehicle near Florence Drive in Lawrenceburg and identified the driver as Luther A. Ashcraft, 26, of Okeana.
As Ashcraft was looking through his glove compartment for the vehicle registration Stovall said he noticed a baggie in the glove compartment which he asked Ashcraft to hand him.
The baggie contained what appeared to be a small amount of marijuana.
Also during the course of the traffic stop, Stovall noticed other containers within the vehicle that contained what he suspected to be marijuana and he also could smell the odor of burnt marijuana from within the vehicle and about Ashcraft's person.
Ashcraft and three other occupants were asked to exit the vehicle and a subsequent search revealed LSD, Adderall, "synthetic" urine, and articles of paraphernalia.
Aschraft is charged with possession of LSD, possession of Schedule II narcotic, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of marijuana-less than 30 grams, possession of paraphernalia and possession of a substance used to interfere with drug screening.
Dane T. Bacovin, 26, of Okeana, is charged with possession of marijuana-less than 30 grams and visiting a common nuisance.
Daniel P. Becker, 28, of Okeana, is charged with visiting a common nuisance.
Justin S. Bovard, 30, of Okeana, is charged with visiting a common nuisance.


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Updated at 11:25 am ET Surrogates for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama clashed Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press over Romney's comment at a fundraiser that he cannot win 47 percent of the voters because they see themselves as "victims" and have become so dependent on government entitlements that they'll vote for Obama "no matter what."
Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick and Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte visit NBC's Meet the Press to support their respective candidates in the 2012 presidential campaign.
Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick accused Romney of "turning his back on half the country" with his comments. Patrick said his own mother had relied on food stamps but aspired "to get to a better place, to get her GED, to get a job, to stand on her own two feet. The notion that she, or we, or people like us would be belittled while we needed some help to be able to stand on our own two feet is exactly what Gov. Romney is conveying."
And despite persistent high unemployment – with the jobless rate staying above 8 percent since February of 2009 – Patrick contended that Obama deserved credit: "We've seen the country brought back from the brink of depression. Are we done? Of course not, of course not. But we're certainly on a better course. "
But Romney advocate Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R- N.H. told NBC's David Gregory that Romney's comments at the fundraiser were "not a governing philosophy" and that he "has a vision for 100 percent of America."
She argued that the sluggish economy and continued high unemployment were Obama's fault since he and the Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress for the first two years of his presidency and could do whatever they chose to do. She argued that Obama's policies, principally the $830 billion stimulus, had failed – and the result is too many Americans being forced to rely on unemployment insurance and food stamps.
"I see 15 million more people on food stamps that don't want to be there….These people want to get off of food stamps and have those good jobs, but where the economy is right now so many people have lost hope. In fact, the last jobs report showed that for every job added, four people have left the workforce," she said.
Ayotte noted that the labor participation rate keeps falling – "people are leaving the workforce." The labor participation rate -- the proportion of the civilian population 16 years of age and older either working or seeking work-- is at 63.7 percent, the lowest level since the early 1980s.
Romney, she said, wants "upward mobility" for the single mother on good stamps and for other hard-pressed Americans
On the question of the tax return that Romney released on Friday, Patrick said "the more important issue is what he plans to do with my taxes and yours and everybody else's."
He said Romney's tax cut proposal included no offsetting revenues and would enlarge future budget deficits.
In an interview on the CBS program Face the Nation Sunday, former president Bill Clinton commented on Romney's 47 percent remarks, saying some of the people who pay no federal income tax do pay Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes as well as state and local taxes.
"They are out of the federal income tax pool for two reasons: one is the economic crash which lowered a lot of people's incomes. Even a lot of the newer jobs don't pay high incomes," Clinton said.
The second reason, he said is the combined effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit -- which offsets payroll tax payments by low-wage workers -- and the Child Tax Credit, which goes to middle-income and lower-income parents with children age 17 and younger. During his presidency, Clinton noted, he and congressional Republicans agreed to extend both tax credits.
Clinton said a lot of low-wage workers who benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit, "would love to make enough money to pay federal income tax."
Asked whether Romney had a point in arguing that too many Americans have become dependent on entitlement payments, such as food stamps, Clinton said, "We have to wait until normal growth resumes to make that judgment…. A heck of a lot of this money is unemployment and food stamps and Medicaid for people who lost their private health insurance."
He predicted that "the number of people dependent on the government will go way, way down once we've got an economy that's functioning again."
Polls released last week showed Romney lagging Obama in three important states, Colorado, Wisconsin and Iowa.
According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls in Colorado and Wisconsin, Obama is ahead by 5 points among likely voters (including those leaning toward a candidate), 50 percent to 45 percent.
In Iowa, the president's lead over Romney is 8 points, 50 percent to 42 percent.
But the most recent Gallup national tracking poll shows the race exactly tied, with 47 percent favoring Romney and 47 percent favoring Obama.


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Creating Solutions for SharePoint 2007
Introduction: Defining the Snag in SharePoint 2003
Microsoft SharePoint 2003 (WSS and SPS) was the first version of SharePoint with a consistent and powerful realization of an Application Programming Interface (API) based in the Microsoft DotNet Framework. Creating the possibility of developing customizations for SharePoint has always been a hot item in the programming world. However, deploying the customizations made for the 2003 version has proven to be a frustrating issue in the reception of the system by the technical community. Truth be said, there is no official method of deploying custom software for SharePoint 2003. The developer has two time-consuming options: an awkward manual "copy and paste" of all the customized files and assemblies, or alternately, fabricating a custom-built installer.
The SPS 2003 customizations, which created a stir when they came out, consisted of new templates, some of them including many files; assemblies to install in the local IIS directory or in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC); custom aspx pages; Event Handlers; WebParts; Web Controls and Web Services. Of these, WebParts was the only component with an efficient, well-established installation procedure (using the "stsadm" tool, the command line administration tool of SharePoint); nevertheless, if the WebPart needed to be installed within a template, this useful deployment procedure became more complicated.
Creating purpose-built deployment tools was a popular way of installing complex customizations. For straightforward applications, this worked well; the difficulty arose when there was more code to build into the project. In this case, the development team was obliged to develop, debug, and test the extra software, with the subsequent strain on budget and resources.
Additional problems inherent in the long-standing deployment system were the lack of a versioning scheme, the inability to recover information or revert to the pre-deployment situation in an easy and consistent manner, and the difficulty in installing all the components in the server farm in a unified way (the deployment needs to be repeated in each independent server of the farm). Equally, the responsible individuals were required to make changes in the web.config file to ensure the registration of components and configuration for the Computer Access Security (CAS) policies.
SharePoint 2007 Solutions: Tackling the Problem
The latest version of SharePoint, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS 2007) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007), has offered a resolution to the deployment problem with the introduction of SharePoint Solutions.
SharePoint Solutions is a framework that assembles all the components necessary to compose a customization in one Solution file, which then can be distributed in an effortless way. The framework allows for the installation, activation, deactivation, and removal actions to be employed by system administrators, without their involvement in the technical issues relative to the physical localization of files and assemblies.
In one skillful sweep, SharePoint Solutions provides for:
- Compilation of all customization components (aspx files, DLLs, resource files, definition files, and so forth) in one file
- Physical installation of the components in the farm without activation: The solution can be copied to all the servers in the farm without being activated
- Activation in a timetabled way: The system administrator can decide when the customizations will be activated automatically
- A versioning system that is able to install versions of the same customizations
- If a new server is added to the farm, the Solutions Framework ensures the installation of the customization automatically, without intervention from the system administrator
- Deactivation of the customization, allowing for a return to the original situation, also in a scheduled way
- Physical de-installation of the components to remove them from the servers
In essence, a Solution file is a .cab comprised file that contains all the files to be installed as well as a "manifest.xml" file. The manifest file is a description for the solutions engine to define its tasks, the physical localization to install the custom files, and some metadata necessary for its registration in SharePoint. The extension for Solution files is ".wsp", and if the extension is changed to ".cab", it's possible to open the file and examine its contents.
Microsoft, as a company strategy, is also taking advantage of SharePoint Solutions to distribute the latest in software for SharePoint; the new "Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Application Templates: Server Admin Templates" uses an "Application Template Core" main application that installs an administration tool for the templates and which then is installed as a Solution. As an additional feature, all the templates are distributed as Solutions as well.
Using Solutions from the User Interface and stsadm
To install a Solution, use the "stsadm" SharePoint administrators' tool, with the following syntax:
STSADM.EXE -o addsolution -filename <Path to the wsp file>
For example, to install the above-mentioned core application for the templates, this is the form:
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ web server extensions\12\BIN\STSADM.EXE" -o addsolution -filename C:\ ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp
(if the .wsp is at the root of the file system)
After installation, the Solution is uploaded to the configuration DataBase (the "Objects" table of the "Config" database), but in this form it is not ready to be used in the system; it still needs to be activated. From this point forward, the handling of the Solution can be done from the Central Administration Web interface of SharePoint. Go to the Central Administration, the "Operations" tab, and under "Solution management" (section "Global configuration") a list with all the installed solutions can be found, together with its status and which Web Application(s) have been deployed.
Figure 1: Solution Management web page in the Central Administration of SharePoint
When the desired Solution is selected on the page, the next screen will show a summary of the Solution plus two buttons: one to Deploy the Solution and one to Remove it. The second button will reverse the installation procedure and the first will finish the installation process.
Figure 2: Web page to Deploy or Remove a Solution
Deploying can be completed immediately or at any determined timeframe in the future. The Solution Framework can initiate a scheduled task; in this way, you can deploy the Solution when the system administrator considers it appropriate.
The metadata in the Solution definition or in each component determines the scope of the deployment in the farm. The example shown in Figure 3 illustrates a global deployment and because one or more assemblies are deployed in the GAC, the page displays a warning.
Figure 3: Deployment screen in the Central Administration
Deployment using the "stsadm" tool is also possible with the subsequent syntax:
STSADM.EXE -o deploysolution -name <Name of the Solution> [-url <Virtual Server URL>] [-allcontenturls] [-time <Time to Deploy at>] [-immediate] [-local] [-allowgacdeployment] [-allowcaspolicies] [-lcid <Language>] [-force]
Note: The parameters between "[]" are not obligatory.
Versioning of Solutions is possible if a Solution is deployed with the same solution ID of an existing Solution in the Store. In this case, the original Solution is removed from the Store, backed up and saved in the configuration Store, and the new Solution is added. The Backup is referred to in the event of an installation failure, and only one Backup is stored for each Solution.
After deployment, the Solution can be "Retracted" (deactivated) and removed by following the inverse procedure from the Central Administration's user interface or using "stsadm" with the syntax:
STSADM.EXE -o retractsolution bo?=name <Name of the Solution> [-url <Virtual Server URL>] [-allcontenturls] [-time <Time to Remove at>] [-immediate] [-local] [-lcid <Language>]
As observed in the parameters list of "deploysolution" and "retractsolution", "stsadm" offers better control than the Web user interface. However, the downside is that it is a command line tool that is less user-friendly.
To delete the Solution from the farm, simply apply:
STSADM.EXE -o deletesolution -name <Name of the Solution> [-override] [-lcid <Language>]


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Is there anything more frustrating than a web page with a broken image icon? It's so tantalising: what was I supposed to see, and am I missing out? Well, with this series of artworks by graphic designer Beom Young that frustration transfers to the real world. He explains:
Through this installation, I tried to crack the border between them by transferring the symbol from one world to another world. I am wondering how people will react to the broken image icons in the real stuff. Will they feel blankness and imagine missing images, focusing on its original information, or will they accept them as just small images?
So, the question is, how do they make you feel? Intrigued by what's missing, amused by the use of an iconic digital image as art… or just irritated by the pretensions of Young? [Beom Young via Ignant]


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Patchwork designs are often created with blocks, occasionally in columns, and more recently in rows. The row-quilting concept provides an ideal palette to create projects from table runners to larger bed-sized quilts.
In part one of this two-part Sewing With Nancy series, Trusty Triangles—a Row-by-Row Sampler Quilt, Nancy covered the basics of a traditional row-by-row or row sampler quilt. The quick row quilt featured has six total rows with six unique themed designs. During this second episode on row quilts, Nancy will show you the remaining three quilt rows of the sampler quilt; only one quilting technique is needed to create the diversity of designs. If you missed part one, watch it online.
For more information and detailed directions to create the entire quilt, see the new book Trusty Triangles—a Row-by-Row Sampler Quilt, available at Nancy's Notions.
Half-Square Triangles Review
Each row is made of varying size half-square triangles to create traditional quilt block designs. Of course, we'll use the design as a complete row, rather than a single block. It is quite helpful to make the half-square triangles, in any size, the absolute easiest way—by using the No-Hassle Triangles Gauge. Here's how:
Slide the gauge to the desired setting. The gauge locks into place to assure accuracy. Reference the left side of the gauge for half-squares and the right side of the gauge for quarter-squares.
The No-Hassle Triangles Gauge gives the block and the cutting sizes.
Reference the left side of the No-Hassle Triangles Gauge to select a half-square block size.
Cut crosswise strips of two fabrics—the size is printed on the No-Hassle Triangles Gauge. Cut strips into squares.
Lay No-Hassle Triangles Gauge onto squares to double-check block size.
Mark a center diagonal line through No-Hassle Triangles Gauge die cut openings.
Stitch a scant 1/4″ from each side of the center.
Cut along the center diagonal line.
Presto, there are now two accurate half-square triangles!
Perpetual Pinwheels
Vary the scale of the traditional pinwheel design, and you'll have an interesting design in row four. The row features the pinwheel block made in a 12″ and 4″ (finished) sizes. The smaller blocks are arranged to give motion to the pinwheels, as if they are perpetually spinning in the breeze.
Star Gazer
Once you've mastered the process of creating half-square triangles, take time to experiment with different layout configurations. That's how Nancy happened upon the design she calls Star Gazer. The pieced configuration is linear, yet the affect is worth an admiring observation.
Flying Home
The time honored Flying Geese design is the feature of the last row of the sampler quilt. Nancy entitled the quilt pattern, Flying Home, where you'll learn how to combine half-square triangle sizes with ease.
The Book: Trusty Triangles—a Row-by-Row Sampler Quilt
- Discover how easy it is to design, stitch, and enjoy a row-by-row sampler without cutting any triangles. Even the most complex-looking blocks are easy to construct with simple straight stitching—and no bias-cut edges to stretch out of shape.
- Six beautiful row designs can be mixed and matched in any number of formations, for a quilt that's uniquely your own.
- Add on a No-Hassle Triangle Gauge to make short work of this classic method, ensuring even cuts and stitching that matches perfectly. Learn Nancy's tricks for designs filled with movement and artistry, with the fully illustrated book.
Watch Trusty Triangles—a Row-by-Row Sampler Quilt, Part One and Part Two, on Sewing With Nancy online.
For a chance to win a copy of the book, Trusty Triangles—a Row-by-Row Sampler Quilt, from Nancy's Notions, please leave a comment below sharing your favorite row from part two.
Happy Sewing,
Team Nancy Zieman
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